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Unhappy Meal: 'Food Activists' Behead Ronald McDonald

Ronald McDonald is the victim of a crime -- and this time the Hamburglar isn't to blame. A group of artists and activists in Finland kidnapped a Ronald McDonald sculpture from a McDonald's restaurant and, despite the efforts of police, managed to behead a version of the fast-food icon in a grisly recording shot in the...

Happy Meal Advertising Trumps Good Parenting, Lawsuit Claims

(Dec. 15) -- Parents, you're no match for plastic toys and a pitchman clown. A lawsuit filed by the Center for Science in the Public Interest on behalf of a California mother contends that the fast-food chain McDonald's is "circumventing parental control" by luring children into desiring the company's toy-packing Happy...

Report: Fast-Food Chains Increase Targeting Our Kids

(Nov. 8) -- You might have thought that with all the finger-pointing and concerns over childhood plumpness, America's fast- food industry would be trying to reduce the gut-busting, calorie-loaded, fat-filled offerings on their menus and the kid-targeted advertising. Not so, say researchers from Yale University's Rudd...

San Fran Lawmakers May Wipe the Smile Off Happy Meals

(Nov. 3) -- The McDonald's Happy Meal will get a little less happy if San Francisco lawmakers have their way. By a veto-proof 8-3 margin, the Board of Supervisors approved a proposal Tuesday night that would prohibit fast-food chains like McDonald's from giving away toys with kids' meals that exceed set levels of salt,...

San Francisco Pursues Happy Meal Crackdown

(Aug. 13) -- San Francisco is going to war against the Happy Meal. Newly proposed legislation in the progressive city would ban toys from kids meals sold at fast-food chains unless they met nutritional standards. Reports USA Today (hat tip Gawker): Kids meals rank among fast food's big sales catalysts. Although kids...

Background on happy meal

A "Happy Meal" is a meal specifically marketed at children, sold at the fast-food chain McDonald's since June 1979. A toy is typically included with the food, both of which are usually contained in a small box or paper bag with the McDonald's logo.

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